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Apple A12Z Bionic vs AMD Ryzen 7 9700X

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Performance Overview
Average performance across multiple benchmarks

Single-core performance
Rank 2 - 43 %
Apple A12Z Bionic
Rank 1 - 100 %
AMD Ryzen 7 9700X
Multi-core performance
Rank 2 - 25 %
Apple A12Z Bionic
Rank 1 - 100 %
AMD Ryzen 7 9700X
Cinebench R23 Single-Core

Cinebench R23 Single-Core
Single-core performance

Apple A12Z Bionic
8C / 8T · 2.49 GHz
991 pts
AMD Ryzen 7 9700X
8C / 16T · 5.50 GHz
2,206 pts
Cinebench R23 Multi-Core

Cinebench R23 Multi-Core
Multi-core performance

Apple A12Z Bionic
8C / 8T · 2.49 GHz
4,539 pts
AMD Ryzen 7 9700X
8C / 16T · 4.70 GHz
23,127 pts
Geekbench 6 Single-Core

Geekbench 6 Single-Core
Single-core performance

Apple A12Z Bionic
8C / 8T · 2.49 GHz
1,351
AMD Ryzen 7 9700X
8C / 16T · 5.50 GHz
3,362
Geekbench 6 Multi-Core

Geekbench 6 Multi-Core
Multi-core performance

Apple A12Z Bionic
8C / 8T · 2.49 GHz
4,798
AMD Ryzen 7 9700X
8C / 16T · 4.70 GHz
16,135
iGPU - FP32 Performance (Single-precision GFLOPS)

iGPU - FP32 Performance (Single-precision GFLOPS)

Apple A12Z Bionic
Apple A12Z
1,152
AMD Ryzen 7 9700X
AMD Radeon Graphics (Raphael)
563

More benchmarks

At a glance

Wischen
Apple A12Z BionicAMD Ryzen 7 9700X
FamilyApple A series (27)AMD Ryzen 7 (79)
CPU groupApple A12/A12X/A12Z (3)AMD Ryzen 9000 (17)
ArchitectureA12Granite Ridge (Zen 5)
Technology7 nm4 nm
SegmentSmartphone / TabletDesktop
SocketAM5 (LGA 1718)
PredecessorApple A10X FusionAMD Ryzen 7 7700X
Successor

CPU Cores and Base Frequency

Wischen
Apple A12Z BionicAMD Ryzen 7 9700X
CPU Cores / Threads8 / 88 / 16
Hyperthreading / SMT
Core architecturehybrid (big.LITTLE)normal
Core Cluster 1: 4x Vortex
2.49 GHz
8x Zen 5
3.80 - 5.50 GHz
Core Cluster 2: 4x Tempest
1.59 GHz
L2-Cache8.00 MB8.00 MB
L3-Cache32.00 MB
Overclocking

Integrated graphics (iGPU)

Wischen
Apple A12Z BionicAMD Ryzen 7 9700X
GPU nameApple A12ZAMD Radeon Graphics (Raphael)
GPU frequency1.13 GHz0.40 - 2.20 GHz
CUs / Shader32 / 5122 / 128
Raytracing
Max. displays13
Max. GPU Memory6 GB8 GB
Technology7 nm5 nm
Release dateQ1/2020Q3/2022

NPU AI performance

Wischen
Apple A12Z BionicAMD Ryzen 7 9700X
AI hardwareApple Neural Engine
AI specifications8 Neural cores @ 5 TOPS
NPU + CPU + iGPU

Memory & PCIe

Wischen
Apple A12Z BionicAMD Ryzen 7 9700X
MemoryLPDDR4X-4266 (68.2 GB/s)
DDR5-5600 (89.6 GB/s)
Max. Memory6 GB256 GB
Memory channels22
ECCNoYes
PCIe5.0 x 24
PCIe Bandwidth94.5 GB/s

Thermal Management

Wischen
Apple A12Z BionicAMD Ryzen 7 9700X
TDP15 W65 W
TDP (PL2)88 W
TDP up105 W
TDP down
T. junction max.95 °C

Technical details

Wischen
Apple A12Z BionicAMD Ryzen 7 9700X
Chip designChipletChiplet
AES-NI
Operating systemsiOSWindows 10, Windows 11, Linux
Instruction setArmv8-A (64 bit)x86-64 (64 bit)
ISA extensionsSSE4a, SSE4.1, SSE4.2,FMA3, AVX2, AVX512
Release dateQ1/2020Q3/2024
Release price359 $
DocumentsTechnical data sheet

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Apple A12Z Bionic
Apple A12Z Bionic
8C / 8T · 2.49 GHz
AMD Ryzen 7 9700X
AMD Ryzen 7 9700X
8C / 16T · 3.80 - 5.50 GHz

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